At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City